Some Customers Can Really Tick You Off

I’m working at the customer service desk at a store. I have given my two weeks’ notice, and it’s my last week working here. A customer comes up with a bag with the item inside and a receipt.

Me: “How can I help you?”

Customer: “I need to return this; it’s broken. It keeps making a ticking noise.”

I look into the bag, then at the receipt, and then at the customer. I look back at the item and then at the customer again.

Me: “Ma’am, it’s a clock.”

Customer: “Yeah, but it ticks too loud.”

I just threw it into the damaged returns pile and did the return. By that point, I didn’t care.